Literary History of the Troubadours (1774) - Page 16

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...among many trivialities and unbearable lengths The editor is criticizing the unorganized or overly pedantic nature of the drafts left by the previous researcher mentioned on page xj..

The Preliminary Discourse original: "Discours préliminaire"; a formal introductory essay intended to provide historical and cultural context for the reader., for which I take all the faults upon myself because I have drawn it from my own observations, will explain what seems to me most important to know concerning the troubadours.

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